// October 9-12, 2020 //
WaiDATATHON for Sustainable Future is the first ever datathon organized in VR with the goal to solve real-world problems with the power of data.
One weekend, 8 partner organizations, 10 data challenges, 10 women-led impact (WaiACCELERATE) startups, 40 participants from across the globe, 2 runners up, and 1 winning team.
Supported by:
WaiDATATHON for Sustainable Future focused on:
Creating social
impact for
a better future
Applying data knowledge for solving innovative challenges
Collaborating with
early-stage women-led startups
How it went
40 Data-driven participants selected and applied to one of the challenge ideas that our 10 startup founders have opened up to work on.
Within a weekend, the participants worked on a data solution and built a simulation or a working prototype.
At the end, a presentation-and-celebration event took place, where all teams presented their idea to a specialized jury and the winners were announced.
Prizes & Value
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Free pass for the winning team to World Summit AI “Inspired AI” series
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Presents and perks from our partners
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Working with our bright founders
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Potential job matching
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Becoming a protagonist during World AI week
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A problem solving fun weekend
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Improving data science skills
The participants included:
Driven, passionate founders who are ready to launch their AI startup
Startup Founders
Fellow bright data scientists / engineers from all over the world
Data Experts
10 data challenges:
Sindi Shkodrani
- WaiDATATHON Lead -
"Where are we headed with data and AI? Making conscious and sustainable tech is finally getting ahead of a mindset of building things fast. We want to nurture our startups and future tech with these values. If you believe that the future of data and AI is sustainable, join us to build it together."
Vedika Agarwal
- WaiDATATHON Team Member -
"Join us for two days of our WaiDATATHON and help women entrepreneurs solve some of everyday greatest problems. Browse through the challenges and register today. Let's do our bit in making the world a better place, one snippet at a time!"
